by Milan Petrovic 3.8 (24 reviews)

GD bbPress Tools

Name: GD bbPress Tools
Rating: 3.8 (24 reviews)
Author: Milan Petrovic

Adds different expansions and tools to the bbPress plugin powered forums: BBCode support, signatures, various tweaks, custom views, quote...

GD bbPress Tools ranks #5,250 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #797 of 8,548 in the Customization category, a 3.8/5 rating from 24 reviews, and was last updated May 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 24 May, 2026

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#797 of 8,548 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -7.5% this week

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150.1K

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76%

Review 3.8 out of 5

3.8 (24 reviews)

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Overall 76%

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Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Sep 22, 2025

GD bbPress Tools [gd-bbpress-tools] < 4.0

CVE-2025-58002 · Fixed in v4.0

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: May 24, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Milan Petrovic

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.8
Reviews: 24
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for bbPress forum administrators and site owners who want extra tools beyond bbPress's built-in features. It adds BBCode support, signatures, custom topic views, and various admin tweaks to bbPress-powered forums.

Quote Reply or Topic
Change allowed HTML tags
User signature with BBCode/HTML
Signature field in BuddyPress profile
Toolbar menu integration
BBCode shortcodes with 30 BBCodes
Limit bbPress admin access
Topics View: Latest Topics

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about GD bbPress Tools

Open the Forums menu, and you will see Tools item there. This will open a panel with global plugin settings.

No. This plugin requires the plugin versions of bbPress 2.6.2 or higher.

This happens if the plugin's JavaScript is not loaded. Make sure that both CSS and JavaScript options are enabled. If that doesn't help, make sure to enable 'Always Include' option too.

The quote itself doesn't strip HTML, but bbPress does. If the quoted section contains HTML tags or tag attributes that bbPress doesn't allow, it will strip them when the reply is saved. To solve that, you need to use the option to control allowed HTML tags in topics and replies.

This happens if the plugin's JavaScript is not loaded. Make sure that both CSS and JavaScript options are enabled and 'Always Include' option is also enabled.

GD bbPress Tools 3.1 is tested with BuddyPress 6.0 using bbPress for Groups forums. Make sure you enable JavaScript and CSS Settings Always Include option in the plugin settings.

The problem is caused by the Italic BBCode due to the conflict with the Underscore templates system BuddyPress uses. You can disable Italic BBCode, or you can limit BBCodes to the bbPress content only (highly recommended).

This happens because quoting can only take rendered HTML as is, and when saved, bbPress will remove some HTML elements based on the user role. GD bbPress Toolbox Pro plugin includes additional features that expand the allowed HTML elements for all roles, and that solves this quote problem.